For those who form their opinion on politics from luminaries of the entertainment industry, for those who get their cue on climate change from movie actors and for those who look to celebrities on how to live their lives, we give you Woody Allen.
Today, the 82-year-old filmmaker is under suspicion because of 25-year-old allegations that he molested his adopted daughter, Dylan.
Suddenly, in the hypocritical world that is sexploitation-rich Hollywood (but with a new-found revulsion to sexual misconduct), actors and actresses are distancing themselves from Allen.
Why now, we wonder.
Where were they when Allen admitted in a 1976 People article that people wouldn’t be surprised “if I was caught in a love nest with 15 12-year-old girls tomorrow?” Where were they when he had sexual relations with another adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, in 1991 and later married her? Where were they when the original allegations about Dylan first surfaced in 1992 and when they came to light again four years ago? Where were they when the running correspondence between a 42-year-old Allen and a 13-year-old girl to whom he was not related was published in 1993?